So the Pantone colour for this year, 2013 is EMERALD – I have to say – NOT one of my favourite colours. However, their colour of the year doesn’t necessarily reflect the colours for fashion… and the palette for spring 2013 includes Monaco blue which I love and which is
When you move on to a new phase of your life it’s time for a good clear-out. We are becoming empty nesters. For longer and longer periods our children are no longer at home, and it’s time to retrench. We’ve already re-modelled the living room and bought furniture I absolutely
Until quite recently the coaching community wouldn’t touch e-learning with a barge pole. Many coaches and counsellors thought that coaching and counselling has to be done face to face or not at all. However, techniques have moved on and experience has shown that in many cases (though probably not all)
I feel at the moment I’m at a chapter break in my life, looking for new opportunities in my working life, and I have been pondering how useful it is to set goals. The task of re-assessing one’s life and career path should always start with establishing one’s values, but
I’m a bit of an addict when it comes to reading productivity and uncluttering blogs and websites. Lately I’ve been reading and thinking about ways to cut out little niggles and time-wasters in one’s life. It’s too short to walk further than you need to on a daily basis or
I’m a great believer in to-do lists, if used correctly. OK, they’re not much use if they are too long and if the list is not achievable, but properly planned, they’re a great help. It’s a topic I often develop with the participants on my moderating courses. Time management is
So in America it’s National Napping Day. Apparently a NASA study shows that a few winks after lunch can boost a worker’s output by as much as 34 percent. An afternoon nap ‘is good for your heart’ reported the BBC two years ago. Various studies have shown that a “power
In an article in the most recent issue of The Biologist, reported by the BBC among others, Dr Aric Sigman writes about the biological implicatons of social networking. He looks at certain aspects of online interaction, mostly physical and concludes that there is substantial evidence to suggest that there are
Show me someone who doesn’t want to save time and work more effectively, and I’ll show you someone who’s about to retire! Most of us can do with tools and techniques to help us get more done by working smarter. Here are my top 5 suggestions: Inbox rules: most people
Saving time – vital… Here are some of the ways I’m saving time and managing information flow at the moment: Creating shortcuts on my desktop to my most-used folders – a no-brainer I think. To keep track of multiple projects effectively I like to keep my files in neatly organised